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Ah, the benefits of a liberal arts education
On 12/28/16 2:29 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/28/16 10:37 AM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/27/16 11:09 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/27/16 4:19 PM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:14:04 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/27/16 2:56 PM, Tim wrote: I'm sure there is a good reason for this. Like, removing history class for the history majors. The students probably know it all anyhow, so why waste man power and tuition expenses . Pass em anyhow. Sounds logical to me. After all a sheepskin proves your knowledge, right? So, you and FlaJim the Moron know as much "history" as someone with a B.A. in it, eh? Doubtful. And of course you know as much about the design and manufacture of electric motors as, say, degreed mechanical or electrical engineers, eh? Doubtful. And FlaJim knows as much about chipping paint on a navy vessel as, oh, a guy who chips paint on a navy vessel... Did you actually read the post you are responding to? I certainly bet I know more about US history than a GW graduate who did not have to take a single US history course to get his BA. Where did he get all of this knowledge? Smoking dope and watching the History channel in his dorm room? He could have saved the fifty grand and just bought a basic cable package at home in his mom's basement. I doubt at 22 you knew as much about history as a college grad in history at the same age. And as for whether he/she studied U.S. history, well that would have depended upon the cycle and sequence taken for the major. If your major was medieval history of Europe, you wouldn't have spent a lot of time taking courses about the United States. Or maybe any time. Reading random books and papers, as you apparently did, ain't the same as following a course of study taught by professors and discussed by students discussing similar material in a classroom setting and producing college-level papers. You may think it is the same, and results in the same, but...it doesn't. If you have a degree in history, you should have general knowledge of all history. Not just what you specialized in! So, you're now on the California board of regents, eh? Closer than you. I grew up with Clark Kerr Jr. Seems to be if you know someone, their knowledge is your knowledge. Plus I pay taxes to support the California school system. So why should a history major, not have at least a knowledge of his country's history? Wow. You knew the son of Clark Kerr. I know the nephew of Gore Vidal. BFD. BFD to you. You claim to have known every POTUS since Truman, and that makes you a brilliant POLYSCI wannabe. No, I didn't *know* them all but I met many of them. Meeting and knowing aren't the same thing. I knew Truman best of all, though, and I spoke with him frequently when I was working at the paper in KC, and saw him personally several times a year in Independence. He was quite approachable, especially to his neighbors and friends. |
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Ah, the benefits of a liberal arts education
On 12/28/2016 3:12 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 12/28/16 2:29 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/28/16 10:37 AM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/27/16 11:09 PM, Califbill wrote: Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/27/16 4:19 PM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:14:04 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 12/27/16 2:56 PM, Tim wrote: I'm sure there is a good reason for this. Like, removing history class for the history majors. The students probably know it all anyhow, so why waste man power and tuition expenses . Pass em anyhow. Sounds logical to me. After all a sheepskin proves your knowledge, right? So, you and FlaJim the Moron know as much "history" as someone with a B.A. in it, eh? Doubtful. And of course you know as much about the design and manufacture of electric motors as, say, degreed mechanical or electrical engineers, eh? Doubtful. And FlaJim knows as much about chipping paint on a navy vessel as, oh, a guy who chips paint on a navy vessel... Did you actually read the post you are responding to? I certainly bet I know more about US history than a GW graduate who did not have to take a single US history course to get his BA. Where did he get all of this knowledge? Smoking dope and watching the History channel in his dorm room? He could have saved the fifty grand and just bought a basic cable package at home in his mom's basement. I doubt at 22 you knew as much about history as a college grad in history at the same age. And as for whether he/she studied U.S. history, well that would have depended upon the cycle and sequence taken for the major. If your major was medieval history of Europe, you wouldn't have spent a lot of time taking courses about the United States. Or maybe any time. Reading random books and papers, as you apparently did, ain't the same as following a course of study taught by professors and discussed by students discussing similar material in a classroom setting and producing college-level papers. You may think it is the same, and results in the same, but...it doesn't. If you have a degree in history, you should have general knowledge of all history. Not just what you specialized in! So, you're now on the California board of regents, eh? Closer than you. I grew up with Clark Kerr Jr. Seems to be if you know someone, their knowledge is your knowledge. Plus I pay taxes to support the California school system. So why should a history major, not have at least a knowledge of his country's history? Wow. You knew the son of Clark Kerr. I know the nephew of Gore Vidal. BFD. BFD to you. You claim to have known every POTUS since Truman, and that makes you a brilliant POLYSCI wannabe. No, I didn't *know* them all but I met many of them. Meeting and knowing aren't the same thing. I knew Truman best of all, though, and I spoke with him frequently when I was working at the paper in KC, and saw him personally several times a year in Independence. He was quite approachable, especially to his neighbors and friends. Did you ever criticize him regarding his lack of a college degree? |
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Ah, the benefits of a liberal arts education
On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:41:41 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: No, I didn't *know* them all but I met many of them. Meeting and knowing aren't the same thing. I knew Truman best of all, though, and I spoke with him frequently when I was working at the paper in KC, and saw him personally several times a year in Independence. He was quite approachable, especially to his neighbors and friends. Did you ever criticize him regarding his lack of a college degree? === :-) |
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